scenic viewpoint
Brocken
The Harz's highest peak at 1,141m, wreathed in legend and mist and reached by a historic steam railway.
40 km · about 45 min drive
Thuringia, Germany · Europe
Bleicherode sits on the route: 10 minutes from Wipperdorf, 46km from Wernigerode Castle.
Bleicherode is in Thuringia, Germany, with about 6,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Wipperdorf, about 5 km away.
Bleicherode (German pronunciation: [blaɪçəˈʁoːdə] ) is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, 17 km southwest of Nordhausen. It is located in the southern Harz Mountain area. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Obergebra was incorporated by Bleicherode.Read more
The former municipalities Etzelsrode, Friedrichsthal, Kleinbodungen, Kraja, Hainrode, Nohra, Wipperdorf and Wolkramshausen were merged into Bleicherode in January 2019. Every Tuesday and Thursday, there is a market held at the Zierbrunnenplatz in the town.
Historically, Bleicherode belonged to the Prussian province of Saxony between 1700 and 1945.
One of Bleicherode's most famous natives is the cartographer August Heinrich Petermann.
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Within an hour or so of Bleicherode: Brocken (40 km), Wernigerode Castle (46 km), Goslar Old Town (53 km), Wartburg Castle (56 km).
The nearest famous roads are Schleizer Dreieck and Schottenring.
Bleicherode is in Thuringia, Germany, about 5 km from Wipperdorf.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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scenic viewpoint
The Harz's highest peak at 1,141m, wreathed in legend and mist and reached by a historic steam railway.
40 km · about 45 min drive
castle
A romantic neo-Gothic castle perched above a colourful half-timbered town, the picturesque gateway to the Harz mountains.
46 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO imperial town at the foot of the Harz, with 1,500 half-timbered houses and a thousand-year-old mine.
53 km · about 60 min drive
castle
A medieval castle in Thuringia where Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
56 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Over 1,300 half-timbered houses spanning eight centuries cluster below the Romanesque collegiate church where Germany's first king lies buried; UNESCO-listed yet still missing from most itineraries.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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